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13-Apr-2012 18:08:02

Bloodbeast24:

"hello nice to meet you all i woke up 4 hours early for this!!!

i have a multiple questions actually so i was wondering if i can just post them all together or do i have to do them one at a time or is there a liimit to questions

and also if insult is taken i mean none i just have questions from through out the forums and if you cant answer a question can you explain why?

(i believe i have 17 so far added up since i heard of this Q&A) "

We don't mind how you post them - post quick though, we might not get to the end of the thread... We might not have enough time to answer them all, or to say why we can't, but we'll do our best Technical Director

13-Apr-2012 18:08:34

4. Adbots are on the rise, and I have personally been reporting every single one that I find, pm's me or otherwise shows their spamming nuisance. What is being done to combat these RWT adbots?

Before we launched ChatWatch, there was an average of 250,000 adverts in game each day. Now that figure is under 10,000.

This is still being worked on currently to constantly improve this system. So in order to help us, please continue to report any of these you see in game, it really does help.

Thanks

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
Follow me on Twitter - @JagexJane

13-Apr-2012 18:09:50

Going to start off with the most obvious and to be expected question.

1) I'm trying to break into the games industry after University (Computer Science ;o!) - but some tips would be nice. Unlike a designer role, I would imagine engine to be more technical, which is where I would ask for some advice.. If you could go back in time, what would you have done differently, and/or what would you advise for someone looking to break into the industry as either in engine/tools or design roles?

- Maths maths and more maths. Also, did I mention, maths? Also some algorithms, data structures and databases help. Also maths. Going back in time...I would take more maths & graphics courses at university

2) Does RuneScape's game engine use Physics at all?

- Not at the moment

3) If/When will multi-core CPU support be added?

- It's added, but disabled. It's not up to release standard yet, sorry.

4) What's up with the 'client token failure' thing? Any fix?

- Client tokens come under the same banner as the cluster flutterer, not ideal but necessary cheat deterrent. In fact, the client tokens are one of the most effective deterrents against botting we have at the moment.

~~ To Community Management ~~

13-Apr-2012 18:11:19

5. To the CM Team, Clans seem to be very popular, however the Leadership structure tends to be a bit unbalanced, in that the "Clan Owner" has the ultimate power. Is there any plans to update or balance this by making all 5 of the original "Founders" share equal clan authority in regards to the Clan forum and Clan tools? The owner of course would retain "ownership" but I think that the 4 founders should have equal control, so that it remains more "Democratic".

I'll be honest, I'm not up on all things Clan, however, if you leave this one with me, I'll get the man in the know to answer this and I'll pop the answer in this post for you.

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
Follow me on Twitter - @JagexJane

13-Apr-2012 18:12:00

Soo... I hate to be the person who asks, but in regards to the ongoing FPS issues....

What's the cause, and when's the fix coming along. Please get more specific than "it's a logic engine issue". We love it when you do that <3.

- Cluster flutterer, optimus, etc etc - see previous answers


Now, annoying questions out of the way ^^.

What's the best part about being a game engine developer, and what sort of things has it taught you how to do? And in true programing style, what's the biggest error you've ever accidentally created, both in regards to just being random/funny (I.E, when one of the Jmods made every NPC a stretched out large bat *THEN* delete all the backup models*) or very serious (I.E, deleting those backup models !)

- Tricky question. Probably that you get to see a little of everything that goes into the game - graphics, sound, networking, tools, scripting. It's taught me that data structures are king - build that first and the rest follows.

Biggest fail - Hmmm. Mod Michael can talk about this


It looks like it's going to be a fun night. I hope we all enjoy it.

Thanks!

--Hmm <3

13-Apr-2012 18:14:20

3. To the CM Team, there is some ongoing team efforts from the Community to deter botting, and some bot hunts continue, Does the ICU still conduct Community bot hunts with players, and if so, How is that going?

The battle against bots is ongoing, we really appreciate the community taking the time to report anything you consider suspicious in-game and would like to ask that this continue. As for ICU bot busts, I'm afraid I don't actually know if they still do this. But I'll try to find out.

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
Follow me on Twitter - @JagexJane

13-Apr-2012 18:14:56

13-Apr-2012 18:14:57

Mod Chris_E

- Are you working on Runetek 6 with amazing new stuff and technologies?

- Actually RT7, but yes

- Will be be able to see soon more awesome particles instead of old outdated graphical effects? Like giving all (dungeoneering) bosses nice particle effects?

- The graphics team are always updating old assets with new effects, so yes!

13-Apr-2012 18:16:15

13-Apr-2012 18:16:42